Tribal Justice

Year: 2017 | Country: United States | Duration: 87 minutes

Filmmaker: Anne Makepeace

Anne Makepeace has directed such films as “Tribal Justice” and “Rain in a DryLand”. She also produced and wrote “Tribal Justice”. She stated that The awesome judgesfeatured in Tribal Justice inspired her with their passion for justice, their long view of what ittakes to create change, and their dedication to saving their culture and their people, not tomention their serious cool. The two strong, indefatigable American Indian women, both chiefjudges in their tribal courts, are forging innovative justice systems in order to keep their peopleout of prison, prevent children from being taken from their communities, and stop the school-to-prison pipeline that plagues their young people. Their justice is personal, dedicated, harkingback to age-old traditions to help tribal members live in the modern world, and modelingrestorative justice in action.”

Synopsis: “Two formidable Native American women, both chief judges in their tribe’s courts,strive to reduce incarceration rates and heal their people by restoring rather than punishingoffenders, modeling restorative justice in action.”